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Technical Editor for .NET Books
I've had the pleasure over the last few months to perform technical editing for McGraw-Hill on an upcoming ASP.NET 3.5 book aimed towards beginners. This has been my first experience being a part of the process of putting together a book. I really enjoyed...
Book Review: LINQ Quickly
I've been reading another book from Packt Publishing, called " LINQ Quickly ".  Again, it's a pretty short book, coming in at 250 pages.  The author does a decent job at explaining the basis of LINQ and the various implementations...
Book Review: ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed
I've been working my way through " ASP.NET 3.5 Unleashed " lately.  Although I'm not quite finished, since the book comes in just under 2000 pages, I do feel confident in writing a review. The Unleashed series has a certain following behind...
But I like my dependencies!
Recently I've been talking about dependency injection and ASP.NET MVC.  Each are interesting technologies and are "hot topics" in the ASP.NET world right now.  I had decided that my newest project would utilize these, if for nothing...
Dependency Injection was made for ASP.NET MVC
It's not that you can't use dependency injection in any .NET application, because you can.  It's just that dependency injection fits so well in the ASP.NET MVC programming model.  While building up a simple example for how my new application...
StructureMap for Dependency Injection
I decided to go with StructureMap as the dependency injection framework for my next project.  I choose StructureMap for a number of reasons. StructureMap has been around for quite some time.  Not that this makes it better than any other framework...
Which Dependency Injection Framework?
I'm in the planning phase of a new ASP.NET project.  Currently I'm evaluating the various software components and packages I'm going to use to put this project together.  With all of the hype surrounding Dependency Injection, I've decided to...
Book Review: Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB, 2nd Edition
Over the last few weeks I've been working on finishing the latest book from SitePoint on ASP.NET, " Build Your Own ASP.NET 2.0 Web Site Using C# & VB, 2nd Edition ".  The authors did a great job on this book.  It's fit for a beginner...
Book Review: ASP.NET Data Presentation Controls Essentials
Not long ago I received an email from someone at Packt Publishing asking if I would review their latest ASP.NET book.  I gladly accepted as this is something I'd like to do more of.  I have another book on my bedside table waiting for a review...
Strongly-Typed Session in ASP.NET
Session state is a very useful tool for an ASP.NET developer. I use the Session object in every project. I use it to store information related to the current user that I need quick access to throughout their visit. It's important not to overuse the Session...
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